Dr. Adriana Diaz Donoso

Biography

Adriana Diaz-Donoso is an Assistant Professor and Director of Music Education at NYU Steinhardt. She holds an M.A. and an Ed.D. in Music Education with concentrations in early childhood education and developmental psychology from Teachers College, Columbia University. Adriana received her B.Sc. from Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina in Lima, Peru, where she studied music at Asociación Cultural Béla Bartók and Universidad Nacional de Música del Perú. She is a bilingual woman from Peru, dedicated to addressing social justice issues through the lens of the arts. Her scholarship centers on equity and access in music education, the role of arts organizations in community building and social change, and issues of diversity in music teacher preparation. Her dissertation, titled 'Musical Investment in Early Childhood: Exploration of Parent-Child Participation in Organized Early Childhood Musical Activities,' examined the intersection of social class and musical parenting practices reflective of the white-middle-class experience. Adriana has extensive experience designing and implementing diverse and inclusive educational curricula and has worked as an educational consultant for several organizations, including Columbia Head Start and the Philadelphia Orchestra. Before joining NYU, she managed the WeBop program at Jazz Lincoln Center and served as an adjunct assistant professor of Music Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. Adriana is also a Fulbright Scholarship recipient.

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